Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-01-13
tn - TEACHERS rssrirurE.
rhs Meeting IN the opera HOUSE Last
kvsntng -Opentng Aadrsssss - Wal
lsos Bruce nm "Bssdy wir"-CyDthis
Bass's singing.


Soon atttr4 o'clock yes.e r5sy aihr- |
noon, State 5apsriolendent Williams
took the Opera House piAifurm 10 open |
the twelfth annual Teschers' InsIitute !
Of New Caetls County. At. tnis time /!
there v.rs probapiy rot nore than !,
three ctzsp tsachers prssep,. but by |
the tsmr the Iurt wss formally |
opened aud before IL olosed, about % |
te Achers we're proesDt-
Au,onz tbe distinRpishs'f educators
to oe seen a. this time Of opening were
5upe rinb ndtnS Williams. Assistant
5upsrintepasm CafptbieF, City Pablo
Sciuol Superin enoeut Hasign, DIR.
Jobn II Freroh OF Roshsr tr, N. X
Prof Fnye Of 4.iatne atd Wallace
Brnse the l-cCursr OF the svening. Tho
|. xcrcisks uf the eveniog wsre opened
|by singing the cpronstion hymn,
after which the Rev. DR.. Booth,
forusrly OF Newport but now of this
lofty, leo In prsyer Euother hymn
was sube and superlnter dent Williams
MADE bIivf formal opeulpg address.
He said hs ans pleased 10 u cot the
teachers again In snrual stsston. Oar
llivts has been spared. and we were
abe opca poro W iooE i0to each others
faces aud Ia greet each other 10 the
work In which We are eegsgco. He
did not intend t@make long IoiInal
openiug acdfess, ks there were oiher
Educators present. apd be proposed 70
| put them immediately 70 work.
I Ne have cone IRON uifoIcpf psr's 81
the county with common Ropes apa
sy mpathiss 10 was glad to say that
marked proqrass was shown in the
cause Of education. 1t vas shown In
| the rumb.r Of new aad besntiful
gchou! houses built, old onus repaired
lard All supplisd with Improved school
APPARATUS Pere5 - take greater 10.
I,trest in echools and some OF the CON-
| m fasteners show increased interest.
Great injury occurred 70 the cause
Through n too frequent change or
Ileseh.rs A poos teschsr snonit De
Isuparcadsc, but good ones should Dc
Kept rs long ~ possible.
He lad frequently besn asked bow
many days, 20 or 70, constituted q
soho.,l month. He had oriy 70 soy, M
lhs LAd o.ien snid before, that tEe length
OF a month was stttisG by custom. The
humber OF hour, wbott tr 5. @ or more
a dsy was settled In rhe same Nay The
same ilsy be sald iu regard 10 holidays,
but The law was posiuss Ia iresfd to
attending Teachers Inf ftituies The law
slows the time 20 attend thern without
loss OF psy He wan glad 20 know that
1.-THE health OF the teachers was good ana
THAT there were no changes, except thst
some were getting married ami o'hers
were thibkin2 about IL. He beiieveu
There had been po deaths Yes there
wss one, Mr. R1bins1p, o. Rockiand, "
said the secretary.
City Superintendent Harlan saio LIE
was told last year he ". uid have 70 say
lsomelhipg, but he hsd not been told
ltbis wear Honestly, though, / am
{olad TO gee you. Our city teachers will
lbe here with you, ard hope that each
will be mutually bepefsted. Last
years Institute Was a most delightful
loccasion ,snd he believed this ono would
not be less 80.
DIR. John Ii. French was then Intro
lduced by Superintendent Williams
He brie fly addressed the Institute upon
IIpstitutes. They cams toto vogue
Iabout forty years ago, ard ior thiEtS
ieht years he had been attending anC
taking part in them.
Five years ago he had looked into
| the f.ces OF an Int titute OF New Casll'
IOounty teachers for the first time. Id
met them twice af.erWards aud now b.
| was Glad TO meet them for the fourth
lime. The fYst time he looked into th'
faces of q band of earnest young teach
ers. He noted the progrsss they has
lmace, and be was happy 10 say that b.
lhad never met finer GLASS OF Jeacher
Ianywhere than he met In Delaware
He then gave O revieT of the success Q
teachers Institutes in New Iolk, Ia
\ tthey boyer became whas they were III
TENDED to be until the Legislatui
| passed a law making 1t oomI ulsory io
y teachers to attend the Institutes, an
j now from 80 TO 80 per cent. oi the teaci
ers attended.
He hoped that In short time tb
little Stauo oil Delaware would have
: normal school, y measure which he va
l. glsd to hear was nj der cOnsid erstion'
al Wallace Bruce Deed the BRIEF ate
noon program by Iecijiug his bumOru1
Is lpoem, "Around the Coasi," aud a'te
wards smother called IAN Angel
sno~," both his own composition. II
II Institute then adjourned.
!: THE EVENING EsTERrAIsMENr
The attendance In ths evening W
,ll small, TO beaE Mr.. Wallace Bruce ie
ltu.e on "Rsaey Wit" The exefcls
lwere opened by Miss Cynthia Bare. u
voca ist, OF Phil 10 elphia, wbu rendett
solo IN charming manner, and upt
beiug recalled sang Scotch balls
She has q sweet voice, which ID the
ouahly cultivated.
Mr. Bruce opened his lecture with
fash Ct ready wit by say ing that with
Al . short time ne had iecturet at two
dI stitutes, the combined audiences
which would rsaoh 4 800 persons, q
that II they were added 70 those "
were present, and divided by three,
would give him an audience OF |. b
which he esid he intended TO suppo
were present.
Afuer ann ouncing his subject
"R ady W.T." he proceeded 10 Civ
number of illustrations, consisting
laEecdotes, repar.ees and puns. He q
:showed the difiereIo 90 between wit a
humor by analysis and example, q
as concluded with an eloquent tribute
America. Mr.. Bruce Is q fluent d
'Ck talented speaker, and held the IN
.en vided attention of the audience for I
hour and ten minutes. The enterts
we ment was worthy OF large audieu
land was highly appreciated by th
ext who were preaent.
I'll This evening Frank Beard, the ,
'uy toonist, will lecture and eive exam
on the blackboard, and talented yo,
Lady vocalist from Dover will {
several choice selections.
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